Now that Chinas recent intellectual property rights enforcement campaign has ended and the government has tallied initial results, companies question how long the positive impact will last.
PRC Premier Wen Jiabao introduced a campaign to combat intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement in China in fall 2010. Running from October 2010 to June 201 1, the Special Campaign to Combat IPR Infringement and the Manufacture and Sales of Counterfeit and Shoddy Commodities aimed to crack down on a broad range of infringing activities, such as producing and distributing counterfeit goods, pirating audio -visual media, and trading infringing goods.
Through the campaign, the PRC …